HELIOS

Makes root explorationeasier in one pass.

2 soil loosening options

You will be able to loosen soil at all working depths or even just the sub-soil, depending on the Helios model.

Loosen without disturbingthe soil horizon

(Canada)

Loosening at allworking depths

(Hungary)

Many agronomic benefits

Deep restructuring

The Helios provides soil restructuring to 60 cm. It eliminates the results of extreme climate conditions as well as ground compaction resulting from grazing.

It allows air and water to circulate again to bring life back into the soil. Living soil is essential to cultivation.

Intermediate loosening

From 25 to 35 cm deep, it eliminates poor soil preparation due to the same tool being used too often at the same depth (base effect).

Plots where tubers are intensively grown can be very uneven in terms of compaction. They are made worse by areas of grubbing-up. The Helios recovers these areas.

On the surface

At less than 25 cm of depth, the Helios prepares for root establishment.

The Michel blade performs this task without disrupting the surface and without pushing fine soil down.

On the other hand, the Cracker tine vigorously mixes the surface horizon.

Your choice...Mono, Duo or Cracker?

Interchangeable single beam

The Helios Mono can be equipped with a rotary harrow or drill combination.

This saves you time and reduces the number of passes. This means you can perform several tasks in one operation: loosening, seedbed preparation and sowing.

No disturbance to the soil horizon

Even if you don’t need to combine with a seedbed preparer or a seed drill, the Helios Duo equipped with a Michel blade is the loosener you need.

It allows you to open up the sub-soil, enabling roots to find an optimal exploration area without mixing the layers.

It keeps organic matter or residues on the surface which provides good support to the soil.

Deep loosening

The Helios Cracker is the most suitable machine for loosening throughout the entire working depth.

Surface disruption is similar to minimum-tillage, which mixes plant residues with the soil. Humification is accelerated. Your soil recaptures nitrogen without using inputs.

A range of sub-soilers for125 to 400 HP tractors.

Helios Mono 60

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

125 → 210 hp

91,97 → 154,51 kW

3,00 → 3,50 m.

9,84 → 11,48 ft

3,00 → 3,50 m.

9,84 → 11,48 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 4 or 6 points

Helios Mono 70

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

210 → 310 hp

154,51 → 228,08 kW

4,00 → 4,00 m.

13,12 → 13,12 ft

4,00 → 4,00 m.

13,12 → 13,12 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 6 or 8 points

Helios Duo 60

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

125 → 210 hp

91,97 → 154,51 kW

3,00 → 3,50 m.

9,84 → 11,48 ft

3,25 → 3,50 m.

10,66 → 11,48 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 4, 5, 6 or 8 points

Helios Duo 70

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

210 → 310 hp

154,51 → 228,08 kW

4,00 → 4,00 m.

13,12 → 13,12 ft

3,00 → 4,00 m.

9,84 → 13,12 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 6, 7 or 8 points

Helios Duo 80

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

310 → 400 hp

228,08 → 294,30 kW

5,00 → 5,00 m.

16,40 → 16,40 ft

3,00 → 3,00 m.

9,84 → 9,84 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 10 points

Helios Duo T80

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

310 → 400 hp

228,08 → 294,30 kW

5,00 → 5,00 m.

16,40 → 16,40 ft

2,90 → 2,90 m.

9,51 → 9,51 ft

Semi-mounted Sub-soiler with 10 points

Helios Duo T90

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

400 → 600 hp

294,30 → 441,45 kW

6,00 → 7,00 m.

19,69 → 22,97 ft

3,10 → 3,10 m.

10,17 → 10,17 ft

Semi-mounted Sub-soiler with 12 or 14 points

Helios Cracker 60

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

125 → 210 hp

91,97 → 154,51 kW

2,50 → 3,00 m.

8,20 → 9,84 ft

2,50 → 3,00 m.

8,20 → 9,84 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 5 or 7 points

Helios Cracker 70

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

210 → 310 hp

154,51 → 228,08 kW

2,50 → 4,00 m.

8,20 → 13,12 ft

2,50 → 4,00 m.

8,20 → 13,12 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 5 or 7 points

Helios Cracker 80

Tractors:
Working width:
Transport width:

310 → 400 hp

228,08 → 294,30 kW

4,00 → 5,00 m.

13,12 → 16,40 ft

4,00 → 5,00 m.

13,12 → 16,40 ft

Mounted Sub-soiler with 9 or 11 points

Loosening tine or Cracker tine?

Stanchion

High strength steel withstands wear and impacts. It holds all the parts together and enables the desired depth to be reached. Thanks to its curved shape, the entire working height can be broken open while limiting the descent of fine soil without disturbing the surface. It creates a ripple effect.

Counter-blade

The greater the working depth, the greater the wear in the lower layers. The counter-blade protects the stanchion in the areas where it is most needed. Positioned slightly in front of the stanchion, it cuts soil and debris that may be in its way.

Tip

It makes the tine penetrate and leaves behind a small draining channel. It pulls the tine down and helps it maintain its working position. Its bevel gives it an excellent penetration angle and brings stability. It is also available in carbide steel for deep work.

Leg

The grindle is particularly narrow. This reduces the need for tensile force and prevents cracks in the ground.

Leg protection

The protection serves as an exchangeable wearing part to avoid having to completely replace the leg.

Point

The point also breaks compacter clods. In case of wear it can be replaced individually.

Spoiler

The wings are set very quickly. This allows you to lift the lower body slightly and drop it again. This especially loosens the lower soil layers without mixing them.

Stanchion

With a width of 40 mm, the stanchion will easily withstand extreme depths over the long term. Often combined with 10 ton working load safety bolts, the rolled steel Cracker tine stanchion is extremely strong.

Deflector-cutter

It cuts into the soil and opens the tine passage. The cutter’s triangular shape makes it possible both to cut the material that the tine raises and the material it meets when it comes out of the ground.

Tip

Equipped with a ’double angle’, it is at the same time aggressive on hard soils and economical for fuel consumption.

Spoilers

Detachable, they create good mulch to reinvigorate the soil. They can be positioned in two places on the stanchion, allowing deep or shallow work.

All-terrain safety systems

Shear bolt

Assembled with steel washers, clean and burr-free shearing is ensured which simplifies extraction. You don’t waste time changing it and it avoids play and wear around the hole.

Hydraulic

Adjustable and very flexible, hydraulic safety can withstand a 525 kg maximum load. By adjusting the nitrogen compression in the reservoir, you can adapt the tip resistance. Depending on the type of soil you loosen, you can adjust its activation.

Hydraulic safety allows the tine to retract when it meets a foreign body.

Reinforced hydraulics on semi-mounted equipment

As tractor power is higher for semi-mounted models, we offer brake back for safety.

Grégoire Besson has gained a long experience and a lot of know-how with ploughs and has designed this system with similar technology.

For extremely difficult soils, it has often been copied, but never equalled.

Traction bolt

Following intense testing in Russia, the safety of the traction bolt has been proven. The bolt shears when the peak load exceeds 10.7 tonnes.

If the bolt breaks, the head flies off and the remaining part of the screw falls. The tine can then retract and return to its place by its own weight.

It is suitable for soils with low rock content and which are densely compressed.

Chassis that go places

Proven chassis

Mono, Duo or Cracker - Helios chassis have been tested in different parts of the world in all types of soil and crops.

You can stay focused on your work without worrying if your machine is strong enough.

Spacing between tines

The Helios chassis offers a large space between the tine rows and between the tines themselves.

You can loosen in areas with large volumes of plant residue without any clogging. You save time.

Under chassis clearance

To make passing over large plant volumes easier, the Helios high undercarriage allows you to work at different depths without experience clogging.

You can be confident of being productive with all crop types.

Rollers adapted to each finish

Twin double roller

With its wavy discs, it is drawn along its pass, slicing the surface layer and residues to create openings to improve air circulation and water flow and to break up the largest clods.

Square bar roller

Aggressive on plant residues, it allows you to create a uniform mulch and accelerate stubble disintegration by maintaining a good level of moisture in the soil. It is lightweight and economical.

Double notched disc roller

Available on the Helios Mono & Duo, the double notched disc roller slices, slightly levels and brings more lift to the soil. Inspired by disc line design in the Cover range, the double notched disc roller is extremely robust.

Toothed double roller

Only available on the Helios Cracker, the toothed double roller breaks the clods and mixes the surface layer. Using this roller is an effective stage before preparing a seed bed. Ideal for adherent soils, the interplay of its teeth cleans the rollers.

Safe transport & easy storage

The Helios overall dimensions allow them to drive on the road smoothly, make tight turns at field entries or pass under a bridge. They can be easily stored in your warehouse.

DREAL road traffic approval.

Worst-case transport dimensions:

Mono 60

Width :
3,50 m. (11,48 ft.)
Height :
1,63 m. (5,35 ft.)

Mono 70

Width :
4,00 m. (13,12 ft.)
Height :
1,63 m. (5,35 ft.)

Duo 60

Width :
3,50 m. (11,48 ft.)
Height :
1,58 m. (5,18 ft.)

Duo 70

Width :
4,00 m. (13,12 ft.)
Height :
2,63 m. (8,63 ft.)

Duo 80

Width :
3,00 m. (9,84 ft.)
Height :
3,13 m. (10,27 ft.)

Duo T80

Width :
2,90 m. (9,51 ft.)
Height :
3,20 m. (10,50 ft.)

Duo T90

Width :
3,10 m. (10,17 ft.)
Height :
4,10 m. (13,45 ft.)

Cracker 60

Width :
3,00 m. (9,84 ft.)
Height :
1,73 m. (5,66 ft.)

Cracker 70

Width :
4,00 m. (13,12 ft.)
Height :
1,73 m. (5,66 ft.)

Cracker 80

Width :
5,00 m. (16,40 ft.)
Height :
1,73 m. (5,66 ft.)

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